Pokemon Legends Arceus File Size is 6 GB - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 January 2022 / 18,490 Views

The Pokemon Company and developer Game Freak will be releasing Pokemon Legends: Arceus for the Nintendo Switch this coming week.

The Japanese Nintendo eShop page has revealed the file size for the game is 6 GB. This is just below the 6.7 GB file size of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

View a gameplay video of Pokemon Legends: Arceus below:

Pokémon Legends: Arceus will launch for the Nintendo Switch on January 28, 2022.

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10 Comments

Slownenberg (on 24 January 2022)

Definitely has a BotW vibe to it, except they went half-way with big areas instead of open world, and obviously not going to be nearly as good. Still though, i'm almost thinking about picking this game up on a whim. Sw/Sh was alright, but having not played Pokemon since Red two decades earlier, it felt like the series hadn't evolved much and also the game was too easy. I like that they are actually trying to innovate here, but will need to wait to see what reviews say. If only Nintendo could have put the BotW team on this game and gone all the way with that BotW vibe. Still though, have hopes this game will be something special for the series.

Kakadu18 Slownenberg (on 24 January 2022)

Well I seen people say that PLA is surprisingly hard.

G2ThaUNiT (on 24 January 2022)

Seeing how Sword/Shield was twice the size of this game, I have a feeling this is going to be a highly conceptualized title and not a full fledged open world Pokemon adventure we're hoping it is.

Doctor_MG G2ThaUNiT (on 24 January 2022)

The file size is because Arceus has less pokemon overall, not because it won't be a fully fledged title. Which we knew that to begin with. Gameplay is generally unaffected by file size for a game.

AnmolRed (on 24 January 2022)

considering the amount of content in the leaks, i thought it would be a 13 GB game at the least.

Greenfox (on 24 January 2022)

Wasn't the size of Pokemon Sword/Shield 12GB? It's funny that Arceus is half that size, but it seems twice as ambitious.

siebensus4 Greenfox (on 24 January 2022)

Yes, Sword was 12.7 GB.

2zosteven (on 24 January 2022)

and same price as games 50GB+

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JWeinCom 2zosteven (on 25 January 2022)

Yeah. Balan Wonderworld is 20 GB on the PC. PLUS YOU GET A BONUS 9GB PATCH!!! AND IT'S ACTUALLY LESS MONEY! YOU SHOULD GO BUY IT NOW!!! ALL THOSE GB FOR ONLY $39.99!!!!!!!